About the Author
David O'Neal has crafted an explosive action saga based on the provocative question: "Do law-abiding people kill?" Applying his extensive knowledge of System Dynamics and computer simulation to fiction, David examines the cause and effect relationships of senseless violence in todays society and how that leads normal people to kill.
Mr. ONeals early performance in the U.S. Marine Corps brought him a Presidential Appointment to the US Naval Academy, but he did not attend. Eventually, he served nine and a half months in the undeclared war in South Vietnam where he was assigned to repair communications equipment in a Marine Attack Helicopter Squadron. As a starboard gunner on a Huey Gunship supporting medivac missions and close combat operations, he was quickly awarded an Air Medal and his Combat Aircrew Wings.
Afterwards he earned a BS degree in City and Regional Planning from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. He continued his education with graduate studies in the Cybernetic Systems Program at San Jose State University. For several years during that period he volunteered to help others on a Suicide and Crisis Intervention Hotline. A decade later, he volunteered again to work with those in need and living in a local homeless shelter.
While still in college, Mr. ONeal founded a management consulting company in the heart of the Silicon Valley. He has had artificial intelligence articles published in a professional journal and he authored a technical book in 1992. By mid 1994, he was eager to begin his second career and retired from consulting to devote his full effort to writing fiction. Drawing on a diverse life experience and extensive studies, he has authored an explosive action series that softly touches the heart, pumps adrenaline hard and takes his readers on a roller coaster ride filled with unexpected twists and turns.
Choosing to Kill was published in October of 1999 and is book three in O'Neal's dynamite thriller series. Book four in the series, "Fool Me Twice" will be published in the fall of 2000. Today with limited free time, David surfs the Internet and loves to travel. He lives in Sunnyvale, CA with his wife.
